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Michelle KaufmanMiami Herald (Miami, FL)
Twitter: @kaufsports
About: Michelle Kaufman is a sportswriter for The Miami Herald. She writes a column every Sunday on sports in general, focusing on soccer in particular. She also covers tennis, Olympic sports and college/pro sports.


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Dec 28, 2015Week 8 Rankings for Michelle Kaufman
1Michigan State (64)
13-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 64 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Soren Petro
1623
Points
2Kansas (1)
10-1Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - Soren Petro
Lowest: 5 - Graham Couch
1534
Points
3Oklahoma
11-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 22 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Doug Haller
1498
Points
4Maryland
11-1Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Kevin Lyttle
1428
Points
5Xavier
12-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1296
Points
6Virginia
10-1Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1351
Points

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7Providence
12-1Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - Michelle Kaufman
Lowest: 22 - Seth Davis
923
Points
8Arizona
12-1Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 16 - 2 Voters
1081
Points
9North Carolina
10-2Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - Pat Rooney
Lowest: 15 - Jeff Faraudo
1219
Points
10Kentucky
10-2Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Seth Davis
963
Points

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11Louisville
11-2Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Michelle Kaufman
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
516
Points
12Miami (FL)
10-1Actual: 13
Highest: 6 - Kevin Lyttle
Lowest: 23 - Jon Wilner
867
Points
13Butler
10-1Actual: 9
Highest: 8 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Cecil Hurt
984
Points
14Purdue
12-1Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
818
Points
15Duke
9-2Actual: 15
Highest: 8 - Scott Mansch
Lowest: 23 - Mark Berman
781
Points

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16Iowa State
10-1Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - Randy Rosetta
Lowest: 18 - Kevin McNamara
938
Points

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17Cincinnati
10-3Actual: 22
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 14 Voters
199
Points
18SMU
11-0Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - Jon Rothstein
Lowest: NR - Terry Toohey
636
Points
19West Virginia
10-1Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
500
Points

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20George Washington
10-2Actual: 30
Highest: 20 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 54 Voters
40
Points

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21Villanova
9-2Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - Seth Davis
Lowest: 21 - Michelle Kaufman
643
Points
22Texas A&M
9-2Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - Zac Boyer
371
Points
23Baylor
9-2Actual: 23
Highest: 19 - Zac Boyer
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
195
Points
24South Carolina
11-0Actual: 24
Highest: 17 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
175
Points

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25Colorado
11-2Actual: 32
Highest: 20 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 60 Voters
15
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 21-Utah25-UCLA